agencymeans an Executive agency and the Government Publishing Office, but does not include—
demonstration projectmeans a project conducted by the Office of Personnel Management, or under its supervision, to determine whether a specified change in personnel management policies or procedures would result in improved Federal personnel management;
eligiblemeans an individual who has qualified for appointment in an agency and whose name has been entered on the appropriate register or list of eligibles;
employeemeans an individual employed in or under an agency;
research programmeans a planned study of the manner in which public management policies and systems are operating, the effects of those policies and systems, the possibilities for change, and comparisons among policies and systems.